The original cylinder isn't used because as high as it was on cool factor the pyramid enclosure simply sounds better. It's higher mass, internal shape and larger base with the plinth design create a more solid bass response and truer tone in the midrange.

Lon I finally got the turntable playing, well it's a new turntable and cartridge but I can finally play a record again. All my old gear has sold or is selling on ebay to defray some of this cost, the turntable and cartridge was around $3K and I think I got a good deal on it. Everything sounds great and my speakers aren't as efficient as the Radials will be. The Twins sound good now that I added a 12" Velodyne sub I think I could tolerate that but I still want the Radials. I'm hoping for no more than another 3 weeks. This is kind of exciting knowing these will be one of the first pair out the door.